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Responsibilities - Prepare a wide variety of goods such as cakes, cookies, pies, bread etc. following traditional and modern recipes - Create new and exciting desserts to renew our menus and engage the interest of customers - Decorate pastries using different icings, toppings etc. to ensure the presentation will be beautiful and exciting - Monitor stocks for baking ingredients such as flour, sugar etc. and make appropriate orders within budget - Check quality of material and condition of equipment and devices used for cooking - Guide and motivate pastry assistants and bakers to work more efficientlyIdentify staffing needs and help recruit and train personnel - Maintain a lean and orderly cooking station and adhere to health and safety standards
● Prepares and cooks to order foods requiring short preparation time. ● Reads food orders or receives verbal instructions on food required by guests, and prepares and cooks food according to instructions. ● Provides the highest quality of service to customers at all times. ● Follows basic recipes and/or product directions for preparing, seasoning, cooking, tasting, carving and serving soups, meats, vegetables, desserts and other foodstuffs for consumption in eating establishments. ● Prepares foods by operating a variety of kitchen equipment to measure and mix ingredients, washing, peeling, cutting and shredding fruits and vegetables, and trimming and cutting meat, poultry or fish for culinary use. ● May clean and sanitize work stations and equipment and must follow all - company and regulatory rules and procedures.